{"id":413,"date":"2022-02-10T14:55:14","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T14:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/engadget.vip\/?p=413"},"modified":"2022-02-10T14:55:14","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T14:55:14","slug":"the-morning-after-apple-tv-is-the-first-streaming-service-to-win-a-best-picture-oscar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engadget.vip\/?p=413","title":{"rendered":"The Morning After: Apple TV+ is the first streaming service to win a Best Picture Oscar"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    Apple only just updated the iPad Pro last year, adding 5G, Thunderbolt connectivity and its first-generation Apple Silicon system-on-a-chip. Details on the M2 remain sparse, but it has reportedly gone into production.<\/p>\n

    Uber secures 30-month London taxi license<\/h2>\n

    The extension ends a long-running spat with city regulators.<\/h3>\n

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    Following a years-long dispute with the city\u2019s transit regulator, Uber has earned a 30-month license to continue operating in London. Transport for London (TfL) said the ride hailing service had been granted a London private hire vehicle operator\u2019s license\u201d for a period of two and a half years.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Uber\u2019s dispute with TfL dates back to 2017 when the agency said the company wasn\u2019t \u201cfit and proper\u201d to operate in the city and revoked its taxi license. Among other issues, TfL said Uber had failed to properly conduct driver background checks and report serious criminal offenses.<\/p>\n

    Whistleblower says Microsoft spent millions on bribes abroad<\/h2>\n

    The former employee estimates “a minimum of $200 million each year.”<\/h3>\n

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    In an essay published on the whistleblower platform Lioness, former Microsoft manager Yasser Elabd alleged Microsoft fired him after he alerted leadership to a workplace where many regularly engaged in bribery. He further alleges that attempts to escalate his concerns resulted in retaliation within Microsoft and eventual termination from his role.<\/p>\n

    Elabd claims in his essay that he worked for Microsoft between 1998 and 2018 and had oversight into a “business investment fund ” \u2014 essentially a slush fund to “cement longer-term deals” in the Middle East and Africa. But he grew suspicious of unusual payments to seemingly unqualified partners.<\/p>\n

    Ukraine is selling NFTs to support its military<\/h2>\n

    The collection is meant to document the history of the war.<\/h3>\n

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    Ukraine’s Ministry for Digital Transformation has launched an NFT collection to help fund its military. The project was first announced in early March, but the NFT collection of illustrations by Ukrainian and international artists, called \u201cMeta History Museum of War,\u201d is now live. The collection is meant to be an \u201cNFT museum\u201d documenting the history of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. The collection currently comprises 54 NFTs documenting the events of the first three days of the war.<\/p>\n

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